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Mariƫsse van Sluisveld

Dr. Mariësse van Sluisveld is a researcher with extensive knowledge of energy and climate policy assessment in line with global climate agreements. She has expertise in quantitative computational modelling, scenario and data analysis and data visualization. Her specialty is defining and testing the plausibility of quantitative scenarios and metrics on systems change.

Education

PhD Macro-energy systems and future change

Utrecht University & PBL Netherlands Environmental Assessment Agency

Utrecht/ Bilthoven, The Netherlands

2017 - 2012

MSc Environmental Sciences

Utrecht University

Utrecht, The Netherlands

2011 - 2009

  • Thesis title: Paradox in Packaging Optimization

BSc Environmental Sciences

Utrecht University

Utrecht, The Netherlands

2009 - 2006

  • Thesis title: Olivine: The underdog in climate mitigation

Research Experience

Researcher Industry Decarbonization

Lund University

Lund, Sweden

current - 1/1/2020

  • Developing decarbonization pathways for carbon intensive industries in Europe

Researcher Climate and Energy

PBL Netherlands Environmental Assessment Agency

The Hague, The Netherlands

2019 - 2017

  • Working on decarbonization strategies for heavy industry under the auspices of the European Union funded H2020 REINVENT project

Researcher Climate and Energy

PBL Netherlands Environmental Assessment Agency

Bilthoven, The Netherlands

2016 - 2014

  • Working on long-term implications of diverging actor behaviours on meeting the 2C climate objective under the auspices of the European Union FP-7 funded PATHWAYS project

Junior Researcher Global Change Modelling

Utrecht University

Utrecht, The Netherlands

2014 - 2012

  • Working on regional decarbonization strategies in line with the 2C climate objective under the auspices of the European Union funded FP-7 LIMITS and AMPERE projects

Extracurricular

Several studies have also been picked up in more popular writing and policy relevant reports:

Member of the scientific working group on Evaluation and Diagnostics

Integrated Assessment Modelling Consortium

International

current - 2019

  • The SWG Evaluation and Diagnostics fosters activities that help describe, document and understand the performance of integrated assessment models.

PBL Academy

PBL Netherlands Environmental Assessment Agency

The Hague, The Netherlands

2019 - 2017

  • PBL Academy is the organisation at PBL that develops trainings and organizes events and lectures around the interface between science and policy

Board member PBL Young

PBL Netherlands Environmental Assessment Agency

Bilthoven, The Netherlands

2016 - 2014

  • PBL Young is the young department at PBL representing the interest and development of young employees at PBL

Board member YES-DC

N/A

Utrecht, The Netherlands

2014 - 2013

  • YES-DC is the Young Professionals network on Energy & Development Cooperation

Research papers

Aligning integrated assessment modelling with socio-technical transition insights: An application to low-carbon energy scenario analysis in Europe

Technological Forecasting and Social Change

Cited: 17x

2020

  • MAE van Sluisveld, AF Hof, S Carrara, FW Geels, M Nilsson, K Rogge, …

Actors, decision-making, and institutions in quantitative system modelling

Technological Forecasting and Social Change

Cited: 10x

2020

  • E De Cian, S Dasgupta, AF Hof, MAE van Sluisveld, J Kƶhler, B Pfluger, …

From global to national scenarios: Bridging different models to explore power generation decarbonisation based on insights from socio-technical transition case studies

Technological Forecasting and Social Change

Cited: 3x

2020

  • AF Hof, S Carrara, E De Cian, B Pfluger, MAE van Sluisveld, HS de Boer, …

A European industrial development policy for prosperity and zero emissions

ECEEE 2020

Under review

2020

  • Nilsson, L.J., Ahman, M., Andersson, F.N.G., Bataille, C., Bauer, F., De La Rue de Can, S., Ericsson, K., Hansen, T., Johansson, B., Lechtenboehmer, S., Schiro, D., Van Sluisveld, M.A.E., Vogl, V.

Improved modelling of lifestyle changes in Integrated Assessment Models: Cross-disciplinary insights from methodologies and theories

Energy Strategy Reviews

Cited: 1x

2019

  • NJ van den Berg, AF Hof, L Akenji, OY Edelenbosch, MAE van Sluisveld, …

Alternative pathways to the 1.5 C target reduce the need for negative emission technologies

Nature climate change

Cited: 159x

2018

  • DP van Vuuren, E Stehfest, DEHJ Gernaat, M Van Den Berg, DL Bijl, …

Comparing future patterns of energy system change in 2° C scenarios to expert projections

Global environmental change

Cited: 4x

2018

  • MAE Van Sluisveld, MJHM Harmsen, DP Van Vuuren, V Bosetti, C Wilson, …

Open discussion of negative emissions is urgently needed

Nature energy

Cited: 59x

2017

  • DP Van Vuuren, AF Hof, MAE Van Sluisveld, K Riahi

Low-carbon strategies towards 2050: Comparing ex-ante policy evaluation studies and national planning processes in Europe

Environmental Science & Policy

Cited: 3x

2017

  • MAE van Sluisveld, AF Hof, DP van Vuuren, P Boot, P Criqui, FC Matthes, …

Exploring the implications of lifestyle change in 2 C mitigation scenarios using the IMAGE integrated assessment model

Technological Forecasting and Social Change

Cited: 48x

2016

  • MAE van Sluisveld, SH MartĆ­nez, V Daioglou, DP van Vuuren

Post-2020 climate agreements in the major economies assessed in the light of global models

Nature Climate Change

Cited: 132x

2015

  • M Tavoni, E Kriegler, K Riahi, DP Van Vuuren, T Aboumahboub, A Bowen, …

Comparing future patterns of energy system change in 2 C scenarios with historically observed rates of change

Global Environmental Change

Cited: 33x

2015

  • MAE van Sluisveld, JHM Harmsen, N Bauer, DL McCollum, K Riahi, …

The paradox of packaging optimization–a characterization of packaging source reduction in the Netherlands

Resources, Conservation and Recycling

Cited: 28x

2013

  • MAE Van Sluisveld, E Worrell

A multi-model analysis of post-2020 mitigation efforts of five major economies

Climate Change Economics

Cited: 22x

2013

  • MAE Van Sluisveld, DEHJ Gernaat, S Ashina, KV Calvin, A Garg, M Isaac, …

Material efficiency in Dutch packaging policy

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical …

Cited: 10x

2013

  • E Worrell, MAE van Sluisveld

Science impact

NOTE I have published in a diverse range of (interdisciplinary) academic journals with various impacts

Outreach

NOTE My peer-reviewed articles have gained traction via social media. the model evaluation papers have been most exposed.

Research reports

NOTE: I have worked on commissioned work that fed straight into national or international decision making. Next to research reports I have also contributed to other materials:

European decarbonisation scenarios for industry

EU H2020 deliverable (REINVENT)

Published deliverable

2018

  • van Sluisveld, M.A.E., de Boer, H.S., Hof, A.H., van Vuuren, D.P., Schneider, C., Lechtenboehmer, S.

Existing visions and scenarios for European industry decarbonisatio

EU H2020 deliverable (REINVENT)

Published deliverable

2017

  • Schneider, C., Friege, J., Samedi, S., Lechtenboehmer, S. , van Sluisveld, M.A.E., de Boer, H.S., Hof, A.H., van Vuuren, D.P.

Low-carbon energy scenarios in six north-west European countries

PBL Netherlands Environmental Assessment Agency

Report

2016

  • Mariesse van Sluisveld, Pieter Boot, Pieter Hammingh, Jos Notenboom, Detlef van Vuuren

Implications of Long-Term Scenarios for Medium-Term Targets (2050)

PBL Netherlands Environmental Assessment Agency

Report

2015

  • van Vuuren, DP, van Sluisveld, M, Hof, AF

Long-term climate policy targets and implications for 2030

PBL Netherlands Environmental Assessment Agency

Report

2014

  • van Vuuren, DP; Elzen; M. den, Hof; A, Roelfsema; M, Lucas; PL, van Sluisveld; M.A.E., Gernaat; DEHJ, Otto; AAC, Berg; M van den, Harmsen; JHM, Schaeffer; M, Admiraal, A,

Presentations & Invited Talks

NOTE: Here follows a list of performed research dissemination activities and further activities relating to gaining feedback from peers and the broader audiences.

(EUCalc Stakeholder Workshop @ Vienna)

In some cases I have been rewarded external funding to disseminate results:

  • European Commissions & ICF travel funding for IAMC2019

How to jump start industry decarbonization in the wake of the corona crisis?

ECEEE/RENEW industry

Zoom

2020-06-17

  • Discussion leader on the effects on ā€œnegative emissonsā€

Futuring application: The mystique of crunching numbers

Lund University

Zoom

2020-04-08

  • Guest lecture for ā€œFMIN05 Climate as science and politicsā€ (Environmental and Energy Systems course)

Lifestyle narratives in model-based scenarios

The Green House

Utrecht, The Netherlands

2020-03-04

  • Invited talk at the Storyworlds of Decarbonization seminar

Comparing quantitative industry decarbonization perspectives towards 2050 for Europe

Tsukuba International Congress Center

Tsukuba, Japan

2019-12-02

  • Invited talk at the 12th Integrated Assessment Modeling Community 2019 meeting

To invest in lock-in or in structural change? Analysis of decarbonization strategies for heavy industry

UIC-P Espaces Congres

Paris, France

2019-06-03

  • Invited talk at the 38th International Energy Workshop 2019 meeting

Pathways & global sustainability science

Utrecht University

Utrecht, The Netherlands

2019-05-07

  • Invited guest lecture at the BSc Global Sustainability Science course ā€˜Global Integration Project GEO2-2417’

Session: The time and speed of the transition and policy instruments to support the transition and local versus global participation

NTNU

Trondheim, Norway

2019-03-29

  • Invited talk at the Industry Decarbonization stakeholder workshop during the Energy Transition Week 2019

Industry decarbonization by 2050

Representation of the State of North Rhine-Westphalia to the European Union

Brussels, Belgium

2018-11-29

  • Poster Presentation REINVENT scenarios at the Understanding Innovation Dynamics for Low-Carbon Transitions in Resource-Intensive Industries stakeholder workshop

Scenarios for Decarbonising European Industries

Haus der Industrie

Vienna, Austria

2018-07-10

  • Invited talk at the European Calculator Expert Consultation

National energy roadmaps towards 2050 and model input for analysis

European Environmental Agency (EEA)

Copenhagen, Denmark

2016-11-22

  • Roundtable meeting

Comparing future patterns of energy system change in 2C scenarios with historically observed rates of change

Seminaris SeeHotel

Potsdam, Germany

2015-11-16

  • Invited talk at the 8th Annual Meeting of the Integrated Assessment Modeling Consortium

Comparing future patterns of energy system change in 2C scenarios with historically observed rates of change

University of Sussex

Brighton, United Kingdom

2015-11-16

  • Invited talk at the International Sustainable Transitions Conference 2015

The feasibility of alternative mitigation scenarios

The Senate House

London, United Kingdom

2015-04-21

  • Invited talk at the WholeSEM, BE4 workshop

The feasibility of technological change - preliminary results

Xijiao Hotel

Beijing, China

2014-06-04

  • FP-7 LIMITS project meeting talk

The potential of lifestyle and lifestyle change in 2 degree scenarios - preliminary results

IIASA

Laxenburg, Austria

2013-09-27

  • FP-7 LIMITS project meeting talk

A multi-model analysis of post-2020 mitigation efforts of five major economies

The Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences

Amsterdam, The Netherlands

2013-02-12

  • FP-7 LIMITS project meeting talk

Event planning

NOTE: I have also been very keen on bringing people and places together, to get some real-world insights on the subjects at hand. The following list elaborates on the platforms that I have helped to create.

(IEA WEO event 2018 @ PBL)

I have organized many of the activities under the banner of:

Stakeholder workshop Heavy industry in climate change mitigation scenarios

PBL Netherlands Environmental Assessment Agency

The Hague, The Netherlands

2019-03-27

  • 20 participants, organized on behalf of the H2020 project REINVENT, inviting stakeholders from CEFIC, VNP, World Steel Association, IEA, Fraunhofer-ISI, FfE, Wuppertal Institute

PBL Academy Lecture World Energy Outlook 2018

PBL Netherlands Environmental Assessment Agency

The Hague, The Netherlands

2018-11-15

  • 200 participants, inviting Fatih Birol (IEA) & Dutch Minister of Economic Affairs and Climate Policy Eric Wiebes (Min EZK) to talk

IMAGE 3.2 advisory board meeting

PBL Netherlands Environmental Assessment Agency

The Hague, The Netherlands

2018-11-09

  • With Jae Edmonds (PNNL), Bert Metz, Marcel Berk (Dutch Ministry of Economic Affairs and Climate Policy), Keywan Riahi (IIASA), Dolf Gielen (IRENA) and Rob Dellink (OECD) as part of the advisory committee, 16 participants

Symposium Changes in the interaction between science and policy, focusing on the development of energy and climate sciences and the application of modelling tools

PBL Netherlands Environmental Assessment Agency

The Hague, The Netherlands

2018-11-09

  • inviting Jae Edmonds (PNNL), Leen Hordijk, Marcel Berk (Dutch Ministry of Economic Affairs and Climate Policy), Keywan Riahi (IIASA), Dolf Gielen (IRENA) and Rob Dellink (OECD) for a talk, (90 participants) PBL, Den haag

PBL round table Low-carbon energy scenarios in NW European countries

Hotel Karel V

Utrecht, The Netherlands

2016-06-10

  • Participants from UK (UKERC), Germany (Oko-Institut, Fraunhofer-ISI), France (UPMF Grenoble), Denmark (Danish Energy Agency), Belgium (Federal Planning Bureau), the Netherlands (PBL) and the European Commission, 21 participants

Symposium The road to Paris <U+0096> Climate Change Policy & Practice

Academy Hall

Utrecht, The Netherlands

2015-04-01

  • 65 participants, organized on behalf of Young Energy Specialists and Development Cooperation (YES-DC)

Symposium ’Successes and failures in the dialogue between science and policy

Leeuwenberg church

Utrecht, The Netherlands

2015-04-01

  • 120 participants, organized by PBL Netherlands Environmental Assessment Agency for Leo Meyer

Congress The new world order - shifting geopolitics

Academy Hall

Utrecht, The Netherlands

2014-11-15

  • 60 participants, organized on behalf of Young Energy Specialists and Development Cooperation (YES-DC)

Symposium The role of materials in the energy transition

Academy Hall

Utrecht, The Netherlands

2013-11-19

  • 40 participants, organized on behalf of Young Energy Specialists and Development Cooperation (YES-DC)

Workshop The feasibility of transitions in 2 degree scenarios

Pietershof

Utrecht, The Netherlands

2012-09-25

  • 25 participants, organized on behalf of the FP-7 projects RESPONSES/LIMITS

Author Network

NOTE: I have enjoyed collaborating with 23 different kinds of research institutes all over the globe.